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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, heretofore by Resolution of February 28, 1975, COLORADO
COUNTIES INC. , a Colorado Corporation, did endorse the continuation of
GENERAL REVENUE SHARING as enacted by Congress in October of 1972,
pursuant to the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, and
WHEREAS, it has now come to the attention of the Board of County
Commissioners, Weld County, Colorado, that Congress is now considering
whether or not to renew the program, and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it to be in the best interests of Weld
County, Colorado, that such GENERAL REVENUE SHARING continue as pro-
grammed and that same should be renewed, all in accordance with the reasons
as expressed in the aforementioned Resolution, copy attached hereto and made
a part hereof by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Com-
missioners, Weld County, Colorado, that it unanimously endorses and supports
the continuation of the General Revenue Sharing Program in substantially its
present form.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded
to Colorado's Representatives and Senators in the United States Congress, the
Governor of the State of Colorado, and the Colorado General Assembly.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 26th day of March A. D. , 1975.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE CONTINUATION OF GENERAL REVENUE SHARIk u=
February 28, 1975 — t
WHEREAS, the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, ("GENERAL
REVENUE SHARING") , was enacted by the Congress in October of 1972 at the urging
of state, county, and municipal officials; and,
WHEREAS, said Act has already provided the state and local governments
in Colorado with over $180 million, two-thirds of this going directly to general
purpose local governments; and,
WHEREAS, these funds have been provided with relatively few conditions
imposed by the federal government as to their use and with a refreshing absence
of bureaucratic red tape; and,
WHEREAS, this absence of red tape has permitted Colorado and its
local governments the flexibility to respond to locally determined needs and the
multi-year provision of the appropriation has allowed responsible long-range
program and fiscal planning; and,
WHEREAS, the availability of General Revenue Sharing Funds has helped
Colorado's counties and municipalities to slow the rate of increases in the
already over-burdened property tax; and,
WHEREAS, General Revenue Sharing helps the poor by receiving its funding
through the progressive income tax and is apportioned according to a formula
which results in the largest per capita allocations being received by the least
financially capable jurisdictions; and,
WHEREAS, the Congress is now considering whether or not to renew the
program; and,
WHEREAS, the state of Colorado and its counties and municipalities are
now being seriously pressed by rising costs, increasing citizen needs , and
diminishing tax revenues as a result of inflation and the present economic
crisis;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by Colorado Counties, Inc. that the
counties of Colorado do strongly and urgently endorse the continuation of the
General Revenue Sharing program in substantially its present form and that a
copy of this resolution be forwarded to Colorado's Representatives and Senators
in the United States Congress, the Governor of the state of Colorado, and the
Colorado General Assembly.
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